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▪ I. † ˈinker, pron. Obs. Forms: 1 incer, yncer, incyr, 3 inker, incker(e, unker, Orm. ȝunnkerr. [OE. incer of you two, (1) gen. dual of the second pers. pron. thou: see inc: = Goth. igqara, ON. ykkar; (2) declinable possessive pronoun = Goth. igqar, ON. ykkarr. On the ME. ȝunnkerr, unker see inc.] 1. As genitive dual: Of you two. either inker, either of you two; inker baþre, of you both.
c1050Martyrol. in Cockayne Shrine 148 Yncer æᵹðer ofslyhð oðerne..and yncer wif beoð on anum dæᵹe wudewan. c1200Ormin 6183 All þatt ȝho ȝeorneþþ wiþþ skill, To ȝunnkerr baþre gode. c1205Lay. 32170 Þat unker æiðer oðer Luuie swa his broðer. c1230Hali Meid. 31 Swa þat inker eiðer heasci wið oðer. c1300Havelok 1882 Roberd! willam! hware ar ye? Gripeth eþer unker a god tre. 2. as poss. pron. Belonging to you two, your.
c975Rushw. Gosp. Matt. ix. 29 æfter ᵹeleafan incrum ᵹeweorðe inc [c 1000 Ags. Gosp., æftyr incrum ᵹeleafan; c 1160Hatton Gosp., æfter yncre ᵹeleafen]. c1000ælfric Exod. x. 17 Biddaþ incerne God, þæt he adrife þisne deaþ fram me. c1205Lay. 5102 Incker moder inc hateð. Ibid. 5623 Ich inckere freond wurðe. ▪ II. inker, n.|ˈɪŋkə(r)| [f. ink v. + -er1.] One who or that which inks. 1. A telegraph-instrument which records the message in ink.
1882Daily News 27 Jan. 2/1 Needle telegraphs, Morse inkers, sounders, and type printers. 1899Ibid. 30 Mar. 5/5 An ordinary Morse inker, or tape-machine. 2. Printing. An inking-roller.
1884Southward Pract. Print. (ed. 2) 469 Next set in their places the wavers and the inkers. 1890W. J. Gordon Foundry 203 The Marinoni web..with the inkers at the top and bottom. 1898Brit. Printer XI. 281 Three or four inkers..for distribution on table. 3. A mechanical drawing-pen. |